The tournament took off Saturday with Number 1 seed, Ariez Elyaas Deen Hesham stamping his mark by defeating Saw Wye Ken, 61, 60 in the first round. Si Yew Ming, runners up in the third leg also advanced to the second round in style, defeating Vincent Tan, 61, 61. Others who are determine to be the first Champion of the BMW Malaysian National Circuit 2012 Leg 4 includes Abdul Hazli Zainuddin, number 3 seed, Mohd Ashaari Zainal Abidin, Syed Mohd Agil, Khoo Er Yang, Ahmed Deedat Abdu Razak, Marci Sitepu, Wan Abdul Muiz, Colin Wong, Low Kar Win, Mohd Faez Said, Syed Ariffin and Keenan Kam.

With all the seeded players through, the competition will be more intense in the second round. Dark horse, Pruchya Isarow of Thailand who reached the semi finals in Leg 3 will try to redeem himself this time around. He beat Bryan Lim, 60, 62.

Meanwhile, the ladies singles will commence Sunday with Polina Merenkova a WTA player from Uzbekistan, seeded number 1. Theiviya Selvarajoo is placed second. A US trained Neesha Thirumalichelvam now on holiday in Malaysia can upset the form book if she is on song. Other seeded players vying for the title consisits of Yus syazlin Nabila, Adelle Boey, younger sister Ayssa Boey, Archanaah Rajan and Aslina Chua.

Results on the men’s singles are hereby attached.